The iPhone is so much more than just a phone that it would be a waste to use it strictly for making calls. Ryan Faas shares his top tips for getting the best Wi-Fi reception, organizing boomarks, sharing photos, finding directions, viewing videos, and more.

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Most cell phones, from entry-level phones that come free with activation to
Windows Mobile smartphones and Blackberries, come with stripped down web
browsing and email features. What makes the iPhone stand out is that it comes
with a much more full-featured web browser, the mobile version of Safari. Safari
mobile loads full web pages that are easy to zoom in and out on thanks to the
iPhone's multi-touch display.

Safari on the iPhone is a generational leap for mobile browsing, but it
isn't the iPhone's only Internet-enabled trick. You also have a
relatively strong email client and dedicated applications for checking stocks
and weather, for browsing YouTube, and for finding people and places using
Google Maps. But at the end of the day, you're still using a small handheld
device. So how do you get the most out of the Internet on your iPhone?

Use WiFi

When it comes to the iPhone, critics tend to complain loudest about its lack
of 3G data service. Thanks to AT&T's pokey EDGE network, even checking your
email can be slow. Loading most web pages—especially large ones that
contain lots of graphics—can feel like watching paint dry. So, limiting
your iPhone Internet access to those times when you're in range of a Wi-Fi
hotspot often results in a much better experience (although sometimes that
isn't an option).

By default, the iPhone is constantly on the prowl for wireless networks,
which is a good thing. It may be annoying to see the iPhone constantly asking if
you want to join networks, but once you've joined a network once, the
iPhone will remember it and automatically join it again. This means that if you
typically use your iPhone for Internet in the same locations, you can have it
ask to join networks the first time you're in those locations, join the
network(s) you want to use, and then turn off the "Ask to Join
Networks" option in the Wi-Fi settings.